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The Individual and Utopia A Multidisciplinary Study of Humanity and Perfection
360 Pages
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Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
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Central to the idea of a perfect society is the idea that communities must be strong and bound together with shared ideologies. However, while this may be true, rarely are the individuals that comprise a community given primacy of place as central to a strong communal theory. This volume moves away from the dominant, current macro-level theorising on the subject of identity and its relationship to... Read more
The Individual and Utopia
Biography
Clint Jones is a Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, USA. He is the author of A Genealogy of Social Violence. Cameron Ellis earned his PhD in the Department of Cultural Studies at Trent University, Canada.
’This is a rich and innovative collection of essays, and is a very welcome addition to the ever-growing literature on utopia and utopianism. Through focusing on the neglected theme of the individual in utopia it is able to offer genuinely insightful contributions in areas as varied as architecture and technology, religion and politics, philosophy and literature.’ Vincent Geoghegan, Queen's University Belfast, UK
